Gate-operating device



A. 1. wiLBANKs.

GATE OPERATiNG'DEVICE. APPLICATIQNFILEDSEPT. I3, 1915?.

'11,33 1,836. .Peeeeeee Fee. ze, 1920. EEE l What. is Claimed is: The combination with a closure support having a plurali@v of registering` openings,

a closure supported by said hinge` of a sectional flexible member, the end of one Sec-` tion being threaded and extended through the auxiliary support, a-wing nut on Said threaded endadapted to engage the auxiliary Support, a Spring connected to the other end of Said flexible section, the other end'of said spring being" connected to the end of the other section of said exible member, the remaining end of said second 1nentioned section being extended through the closure -support and the hinge and connected to said closure, the tension of said spring being regulated by the wing nut through the cooperation of the auxiliary support.y

In testnnonv whereof I hereunto affix my si gnature.

. ANDREW J. WILBANKS. 

